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ALONZO GILMAN, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO \VILLIAM JOHNSON.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING PAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 6,692, dated September 4, 1849.

To all 10h-omit may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO GILMAN, of Troy, in the county of Renssalaerand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Machine forCutting Paper, Which is to be Used in Bookbinderies, PrintingEstablishments, Card Cutting, &c.; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of thisspecification.

The construction being as follows, I employ an ordinary table orplatform, suitably constructed for the purpose, 0n which I employ ascrew press, (or any other suitable fastening) for the purpose of firmlysecuring` the paper so cut. I have a guide bar,

which supports and guides a slide rest which holds the cutter, which isdrawn over the paper by means of a strap and windlass.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is an isometrical perspective Viewof my machine.

A, the press, B, the screw which operates it, C, the guide bar, D, theslide rest which holds the cutter E, said cutter is capable of being setas .desired by a set screw a. b, is the windlass, F, the strap which ismade fast to the slide rest.

The operation being as follows, viz., the

rest being drawn back to the position represented (by means of thehandle 0L) the paper is then placed in the press, and the cutter drawnover it by the windlass, thereby cut-ting it true and eXact as desired.For the most perfect cutting position of the cutter, I place the edge atan angle of about sixty degrees, more or less.

Fig. 2 represents an end View of the rest D, which contains frictionrollers, as shown 40 at e, which bear upon the under edge of the guidebar, thereby allowing the rest to pass freely along as it is pressed tothe bar while the cutter is in operation.

Having thus described and represented the construction and operation ofmy machine for cutting paper, wvhat I claim as new and desire t0 secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination and arrangement of the ALONZO GILMAN.

Vitnesses:

R. CRUIKSHANK, E, G, BRUNDAGE`

